Orange alert for six districts in Madhya Pradesh as monsoon set to advance

The IMD has issued an orange alert for six districts in east Madhya Pradesh, warning of very heavy rains, thunderstorms, and lightning, as well as a yellow alert for eight districts.

The IMD on Saturday issued an orange alert warning of very heavy rains with thunderstorms and lightning in six districts, including Jabalpur and Narsinghpur, in east Madhya Pradesh and a yellow alert predicting heavy rains with thunderstorms and lightning at isolated places in eight districts including Vidisha and Hoshangabad as the southwest monsoon is expected to advance in the state in the next 24 hours. Another yellow alert forecasting a 'thunderstorm with lightning and lightning falls' has been sounded for isolated places in five divisions including Indore, Gwalior and Chambal. The Met department also predicted that such weather conditions will prevail in 10 districts including Bhopal. All three alerts remain valid till Sunday morning.